As early as 1900 a Wall Street combination acquired detail patents with the intention of exacting heavy tribute from automobile manufacturers.

Under instructions from the emperor, he undertook an invasion of southern Scotland, winning some significant victories, and constructing the Antonine Wall from the Firth of Forth to the Firth of Clyde, although it was soon abandoned for reasons that are still not quite clear.

* 1961 – Conrad Schumann flees from East Germany while on duty guarding the construction of the Berlin Wall.

Roman writing tablet from the Vindolanda Roman fort of Hadrian's Wall, in Northumberland ( 1st-2nd century AD ) requesting money to buy 5, 000 measures of cereal used for brewing beer.

In 1989, with the end of the Cold War and pressure from the East German population, the Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 and was subsequently mostly demolished, with little of its physical structure remaining today ; the East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain near the Oberbaumbrücke over the Spree preserves a portion of the Wall.

Potsdamer Platz is an entire quarter built from scratch after 1995 after the Wall came down.

In production of the countdown sequence, Clive Norman filmed images around the United Kingdom, Richard Jopson in the United States, while BBC News cameramen filmed images from Iraq, Beijing ( Great Wall of China ), Bund of Shanghai, Africa, as well as areas affected by the 2004 Asian Tsunami and others.

File: BM ; RM8-ANE, Nimrud Palace Reliefs 75 South + East Wall ( S ) ~ Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III ( 744-727 B. C ) + Full Elevation & Viewing South. 1. JPG | Room 8-Pair of Lamassu from Nimrud & reliefs from the palace of Tiglath-Pileser III

Santer and 40 other scientists responded to the Wall Street Journal that all IPCC procedural rules were followed, and that IPCC procedures required changes to the draft in response to comments from governments, individual scientists, and non-governmental organizations.

During the Ming dynasty the last construction on the Great Wall was undertaken to protect China from foreign invasions.

These wonders are important achievements of society, science, culture and defense, ranging from the Pyramids and the Great Wall in the Ancient age, to Copernicus ' Observatory and Magellan's Expedition in the middle period, up to the Apollo program, the United Nations, and the Manhattan Project in the modern era.

Pink Floyd recast itself from its 1960s guise as a psychedelic band into a commercial success with its series of concept albums, most famously with The Dark Side of the Moon ( which, according to the RIAA, is the second best selling album in history ) and later with the double album rock opera The Wall.

The Jacksons ( previously The Jackson 5 ) did many disco songs from 1975 to 1980, including " Shake Your Body ( Down to the Ground )" ( 1978 ), " Blame it on the Boogie " ( 1978 ), and " Can You Feel It " ( 1980 )— all sung by Michael Jackson, whose 1979 solo album, Off the Wall, included several disco hits, including the album's title song, " Rock with You ", " Workin ' Day and Night ", and his second chart-topping solo hit in the disco genre, " Don't Stop ' til You Get Enough ".

Dilbert mirrors the mass media's crocodile tears for working people — and echoes the ambient noises from Wall Street.

From 13 August 1961 until 9 November 1989, East Berlin was separated from West Berlin by the Berlin Wall.

Before leaving, Lee learns from his teacher that Han's bodyguard O ' Hara ( Robert Wall ) had been involved in the death of his sister, Su Lin ( Angela Mao ), years ago, when she committed suicide to save herself from dishonour after being cornered by O ' Hara and a collection of Han's thugs.

The Great Wall of China is often incorrectly referred to as the only man-made object visible from the moon.

* The Great Wall of China is often thought as being the only man-made object visible from the moon.

Some astronauts have reported seeing the Great Wall from low earth orbit, among a number of man-made structures.

In reality, a viewer would need visual acuity 17, 000 times better than normal ( 20 / 20 ) to see the Wall from the Moon, and vision 8 times better than normal to see it from low earth orbit.

She played a child psychiatrist in the film noir Shadow on the Wall ( 1950 ) with Ann Sothern and Zachary Scott ; her performance was called " beautiful and convincing " by New York Times critic A. H. Weiler.

In one scene an old man named Homer, played by actor Curt Bois ( 1901 – 91 ), searches in vain for Potsdamer Platz, but finds only rubble, weeds and the graffiti-covered Berlin Wall.

William Jennings Bryan, the nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908, played a critical role in opposition to any candidate who had the support of " the financiers of Wall Street ".

Hubbard, the former chair of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, has worked at the intersection of the private, government and nonprofit sectors and played an active role in shaping national and international economic policy, including the deregulation policy leading up Wall Street bank failures in 2008.

Finney also made an appearance at Roger Waters ' The Wall Concert in Berlin, where he played " The Judge " during the performance of " The Trial ".

* Gordon Gekko, Wall Street ( 1987 ) and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps ( 2010 )– The notorious " corporate raider " and greenmailer, Gordon Gekko ( played by Michael Douglas ), represents a synthesis of the worst features of various famous private equity figures.

He has played the father of sons Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen in various projects: he played Emilio's father in The War at Home, In the Custody of Strangers and The Way, and Charlie's father in Wall Street, No Code of Conduct and two episodes of Spin City.

Peck played a business owner trying to save his company against a hostile takeover bid by a Wall Street liquidator played by Danny DeVito.

That same year he played tycoon Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street for which he received an Academy Award as Best Actor.

The French Resistance played a significant role in facilitating the Allies ' rapid advance through France following the invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, and the lesser-known invasion of Provence on 15 August, by providing military intelligence on the German defenses known as the Atlantic Wall and on Wehrmacht deployments and orders of battle.

Smith intros " Tearin ' Down the Wall " with an Amy Grant recording of " Emmanuel " played backwards via the CD search button.

Most recently, the band played an acoustic set at the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City on October 8, 2011.

When Roger Waters assembled an all-star cast of musicians to perform the rock opera The Wall live in Berlin in July 1990, Faithfull played the part of Pink's overprotective mother.

It is played on a strip of ground 5 metres wide and 110 metres long ( The Furrow ) next to a slightly curved brick wall ( The Wall ), erected in 1717.

Although College has only 70 boys to pick from, compared to the 1250 or so Oppidans, the Collegers have one distinct advantage: access to the field on which the Wall Game is played is controlled by a Colleger.

The Wall Game is also played on Ascension Day, immediately after the early morning service on the roof of College Chapel.

The Eton Wall Game has been played twice by all-female teams.

* Wall Street Shoeshine ( 1979 ): Skaggs played Joseph Bucks, a shoeshine man who had become rich on Wall Street and was working his last day — at $ 5 a shine.

Lent is also a singer / songwriter and played in the roots / jazz trio Lent Fraser Wall.

On October 4, 2011, Jeff Mangum made an appearance at Zuccotti Park and played several songs to the protesters participating in Occupy Wall Street.

Newspaper advertising was mainly concentrated in the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal ( Eastern and Midwestern editions ) which averaged two prominent ads per month, and to a lesser degree the New York Herald Tribune and, for the west coast, the Los Angeles Times and the Wall Street Journal ( Pacific Coast edition ).

Wall panels and structural timbers are standard as are windows and doors, making for a minimum of cutting.

According to a recent Wall Street Journal survey, plastics units now account for more than 50% of all sign sales.

he avidly reads the Wall Street Journal, and took delight in driving a $250 model A Ford for 22 years, then selling it for $300.

Nevertheless, it still contains information that is considered reasonably sound – for instance, it is the only source that mentions the erection of the Antonine Wall in Britain.

* Coastal artillery: Fixed-position weapons dedicated to defense of a particular location, usually a coast ( for example, the Atlantic Wall in World War II ) or harbor.

Wall or rock painting for commercial advertising is another manifestation of an ancient advertising form, which is present to this day in many parts of Asia, Africa, and South America.

Shauna Rosenblum, daughter of Kent and Kathy, is the wine maker for Rock Wall Winery.

* BS 1572: 1949 Colours for Flat Finishes for Wall Decoration

Ravi Batra argues that " all official economic measures adopted since 1981 ... have devastated the middle class " and that the Occupy Wall Street movement should push for their repeal and thus end the influence of the super wealthy in the political process, which he considers a manifestation of crony capitalism.

The Qin Dynasty is well known for beginning the Great Wall of China, which was later augmented and enhanced during the Ming Dynasty.

These included the government system of Three Departments and Six Ministries, standard coinage, improved defense and expansion of the Great Wall, and official support for Buddhism.

McCarry was editor-at-large for National Geographic and has contributed pieces to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, and other national publications.

Satirising life in a British prison, meanwhile, the Bowie-penned " Over the Wall We Go " became a 1967 single for Oscar ; another Bowie composition, " Silly Boy Blue ", was released by Billy Fury the following year.

American news media, including respected business publications such as Forbes and the Wall Street Journal, encouraged the public to invest in risky companies, despite many of the companies ' disregard for basic financial and even legal principles.

At the time, Morris had been making a living as a private investigator for a well-known private detective agency that specialized in Wall Street cases.

In his first hundred days in office, which began March 4, 1933, Roosevelt spearheaded major legislation and issued a profusion of executive orders that instituted the New Deal — a variety of programs designed to produce relief ( government jobs for the unemployed ), recovery ( economic growth ), and reform ( through regulation of Wall Street, banks and transportation ).

Most of the regulations on business were ended about 1975 – 85, except for the regulation of Wall Street by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which still exists.

A goad to the era's plutocrats and their enablers in government, LaGuardia fought for progressive income taxes, greater government oversight of Wall Street, and national employment insurance for workers idled by the Great Depression.